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Here McDonald's "lowered their prices" by automatically making it small fries and a small drink.
I used to eat fast food every day after work. If I had a side hustle, I would eat fast food after my side hustle. But I stopped when I would go through the drive thru, pay $15, then sit for 10 minutes in the parking lot for old, cold, shitty food. Fast food isn't fast. Fast food isn't cheap. And fast food doesn't taste good. It's been over 3 years since I voluntarily ate fast food and I'm never going back.
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Right? "Local spots have better quality, better prices and better interactions" ™
Fast food used to be cheaper because of economies of scale. Can McDonald's really be paying more for the ingredients and labor to make a big mac meal than a steakhouse pays for a 6 oz steak with two sides?
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This makes me glad that I have celiac’s disease; as in I can’t eat fast food even if I wanted to.
fast food companies can go fuck themselves. i used to get fast food at least a few times a week. since the things i ordered went from ~$11 to ~$18 i now get fast food maybe once every few months. it's almost august and i think i've gotten it 3 times this year when there was no other option, and each time was a disappointment. even though i always expect shitty garbage from it
Same, some arbitrary point between $8-$14 felt like robbery and I decided I didn't need fast food anymore. Or at least very infrequently. 4-5 times a year instead of that much monthly.
For me it was when meal combos hit double digits. I understand prices in western economies will always increase due to inflation, but just seeing two digits reminded me that fast food is overpriced for what it is and it isn't even fast anymore.
For nearly the same price I can get take home from a regular restaurant that will end up being three meals that will taste better and pick it up faster than going through a drive through.
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They are also using this as an excuse to get customers on their data hoovering apps to get access to any of the best deals.
Nah that would imply they have good deals. The dollar menus are still basically done even on the apps and it feels like because they decided they are doing cheaper combos the deals needed to go. Haven't seen good deals on the apps since they were clawing back customers.
Someone with a spreadsheet is finding the exact profit margins they want and the answer is more than they are currently getting.
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Yeah 5$ for a drop of Coca-Cola and a memory of a hamburger between two playing cards that takes an hour to get to you
Not only did the prices go up but the portions shrank. The whopper is hardly a whopper anymore, its a regular sized patty in a wide bun.
This is the main reason i dont really eat it anymore.
Kinda to your point have you seen that preserved mcDs big mac from the 70s?
That things still looks better than what i can buy at a mcDs today
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Shrinkflation is real.
In any event, it only works if folks go often enough to not notice small shrinks. If you'd go twice a year or something you'd be amazed at how and why these fuckers get away with it. Vote with your wallets, people!
burrito i used to get from a local chain used to be busting and i would get annoyed sometimes because it would become unwrapped. Now, it looks like half the old burrito and it looks like they wrapped the burrito twice with how much tortilla is left
Fast food chains can suck a rotting dick and die. Nothing of value will be lost.
Anybody old enough to remember Burger King's $1 Whopper?
My four heart stents remember.
There was a 2 for $2 Big Mac deal in the 90s on Sundays... That was cool.
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Good. Fuck ‘em.
Small, privately owned delis and pizzerias need your money more than shareholders, and the food is better too.
im a fast food junkie. i love the shit. covid completely changed the landscape and subsequently my habits. my blacklist is getting longer and longer. quality across the board has plummeted while prices increased.
before covid i only had one entry; wafflehouse
You blacklisted Waffle House?!?
i totally did not want to hate waffle house. i eat garbage all the time. i fight the dog for food. i did not see it coming..
after a few decades of wanting to try it i finally go to waffle house. first of all, no pancakes?! they are fucking strict on that waffle thing. and then what i did order was just barely edible food. just awful.
i grew up haunting dennys, which is now quite expensive for no reason.
In your defense, my wife calls them Awful House, because every single time she's gone there, there's been something in her food (hair, bugs, bandaid).
Your wife... she is quite the tolerant lady
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Your list is obviously wrong if Waffle House is on there
Trust me it is not...
I ate there at the request of a family friend in the last few years....
Ew. Oh God ew.. the greasiest saltiest overcooked hash brown crisp ever topped with flavourless meat and cheese that chewed like gristle.
I don't know how it's not on there for more people. Not when Diners literally exist.
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But investors are skeptical that the value meals will drive meaningful sales growth without eroding profits.
Won't somebody think of the red line?
I used to frequent McDonald's out of sheer laziness. When combos started running $8-$14, I started packing my lunches.
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